Hooke Point

Hooke Point is a point near the head of Lallemand Fjord, in , Antarctica. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and air photos, 1946–59, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Robert Hooke, an English experimental physicist and author of Micrographia, which contains one of the earliest known descriptions of ice crystals.
Wikipedia
  • Cape
  • …is also known as “Hooke”
  • Description: Point in Graham Land, Antarctica

Hooke Point

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
-67.19008° or 67° 11′ 24″ south
Longitude
-66.7125° or 66° 42′ 45″ west
Open location code
374MR75P+XX
Geo­Names ID
6635103
Wiki­data ID
Q1099547

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hooke Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hooke”
  • Chinese: “胡克角”
  • Dutch: “Hooke”
  • German: “Hooke Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hooke Point”
  • Spanish: “Hooke, punta”
  • Swedish: “Hooke Point”
  • Swedish: “Hooke”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Humphreys Ice Rise and Müller Ice Shelf.

Antarctica: Highlights

Learn more about Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.

Curious Capes to Discover

Uncover intriguing capes from every corner of the globe.